This was the Beatles' second public appearance, but Washington, D.C. can also claim another Beatles distinction: the first American radio station to play a Beatles song.
A high school student from D.C.'s Maryland suburbs, Marsha Albert, had seen the CBS report on the band and had written D.C. radio station WWDC asking them to spin some Beatle tunes. Problem was, no one had any Beatle songs. The Beatles were really popular in the U.K., but Capitol Records, the U.S. branch of EMI Records, balked at pushing any Beatles songs.
WWDC disc jockey Carroll James got a flight attendant to hand-carry a Beatles record from London. Then he invited Marsha into his studio and introduced: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in America, here are the Beatles singing 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.'"
What happened after that would be called "viral" today. DJs and listeners in other cities picked up on it and Capitol was forced to hurriedly get the record out to the public.
So, It Begins. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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